With the announcement of the Visions of Vetrovia expansion last week I opined that we might soon be seeing Gear Up, Level Up events as well as the possibility of the now usual Days of Summer event.
The 2021 Expansion
And this week saw both get announced, though not in that order. The Gear Up, Level Up event news hit the EverQuest II site late on Tuesday announcing the usual array of pre-expansion bonuses. For live servers we will get:
- Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double loot drops, double experience for members, double status for members.
- Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double loot drops, and for a limited time: mount training drops.
- Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double loot drops, and for a limited time: spell research.
- Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 18, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double loot drops, for a limited time: spell research, double experience for members, double status for members.
For those on the Kaladim server, there are some lesser bennies… but they’re paying to walk to school up hill in the snow both ways, right? I guess they do get a bit of double XP.
- Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double status for members.
- Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double Destiny of Velious Hunter coins.
- Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double experience for members.
- Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 18, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double Destiny of Velious loot drops.
And then there is the Tarinax PvP progression server, which I am reminded is even still a thing, has its own set of bennies.
- Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double status members.
- Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double Cobalt coins.
- Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double experience for members.
- Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Monday, October 18, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Double Kingdom of Sky loot drops.
As with Mickey Donovan’s favorite jacket, these bennies are “Members Only,” which means you have to subscribe to the Daybreak All Access plan. $15 a month is all they ask.
Those bennies are all fine and good, though not much there really appeals to me.
On the “Level Up” front I managed to get six characters to the current level cap of 120 back when we first went to the moon with the Blood of Luclin expansion. I still have characters that are not at level cap, but I do start to wonder how many level cap characters I really need. (Also, there is a pile of them in the 40-70 range, which is a long way from level cap.)
As for “Gear Up,” I am already way behind there having not bought the Reign of Shadows expansion. That means I’ll be depending on the crate of gear that is on the ground at the start of most of the recent expansions.
And then there is the Days of Summer event which, even at its earliest, ran deep into autumn, and has finally submitted to reality and been given a name change. It is now Panda Panda Panda … because the related NPCs are pandas.
Panda Panda Panda starts in autumn
As with gear up/level up, there isn’t much available that we realistically ready me for the next expansion, though I am sure the gear will be upgrades over what I have. But the event, which comes in a series of weekly tasks, sends you all over Norrath and is kind of fun. And there are always some cosmetic items worth having, and this year there is a mount… and ant mount.
I wonder if that is foreshadowing for the next expansion?
Anyway, I’ll be doing that over the next few weeks. And then when that ends we’ll be in the zone for the launch of the next expansion.
Bhagpuss also has a write up about the event and I am sure we’ll both share pictures of the mount. It certainly won’t be the worst looking mount in the game. I wonder if it scales to barbarian size?
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